Devil Ritual Charges Labeled Incredible

May 11, 1991

CHICAGO — A Cook County Juvenile Court judge on Friday returned two children to the custody of their Hanover Park parents, saying she did not believe the testimony of a 5-year-old girl who said the father had sexually abused her in a satanic ritual, a court spokesman said.

State`s attorney`s spokesman Andy Knott said Judge R. Morgan Hamilton ruled the children of John and Teresa Fittanto may return to the home, saying she found incredible the statements by a neighbor child about the alleged abuse.